Saturday July 2, 2022
News:
Maori Authority Welcomes EU Free Trade Agreement – Calls It A Massive Opportunity For Maori And NZ In The Billions
But its not just about trade this agreement preserves and once again recognises the unique status of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi. And I am absolutely pleased to see a Maori Trade and Economic Chapter included in the agreement
The chapter acknowledges Te Tiriti/The Treaty as a foundational document of constitutional importance to Aotearoa New Zealand, and references Māori concepts including Te Ao Māori, Mātauranga Māori, Tikanga Māori, Kaupapa Māori, Tāonga and Wāhine Māori to achieve wellbeing......
See full article HERE
See full article HERE
Te Ao Māori embedded in special needs services
After two years of preparation a caring service for people with special needs in Rotorua, Saint Chads, is teaching its clients the Māori language, Māori customs and a Māori worldview during their everyday activities......
See full article HERE
Māori Health Authority: CEO planning for 'big transformation'
The Government has hailed the new Māori Health Authority, which came into existence today, as a game-changer.
But on the struggling frontline, no one is expecting change to happen quickly.
"Things I will be looking for: Māori rangatiratanga, so that's the Māori voice saying 'this is what we need, this is how we want our healthcare delivered to us, these are the things we want access to'. That's a really important part of it......
See full article HERE
John Tamihere: 'Māori Health Authority our constitutional right to access our resources'
Tamihere said he had nothing to say to the critics of New Zealand Health and the Māori Health Authority: “I don’t have to say anything to them, I have a constitutional right and entitlement to access my resources from the state coffers.”
“We are sick and tired of the white settler party, the Act party, and, if they don’t like it here, they should buy a one-way ticket to Australia.”
“The National Party and the Act Party are here by our consent, they are not here by conquest, and we want our resources in our own hands.”
"The separatism they are talking about is they are used to controlling all our money, spending it on our behalf, failing and then blaming us. Those days are over.....
See full article HERE
More than ever 'our voices will be heard' - Riana Manuel says as new health system begins
The ceremony at Waitangi, where the new names for the two governance groups were bestowed, Manuel says, shows how the new system will incorporate mātauranga and tikanga Māori in the forefront of their services.
"We intend to make sure this reform impacts on every part of Aotearoa......
See full article HERE
New era for healthcare in New Zealand from today
The Government has today delivered a nationwide health system it says will ensure better outcomes for all New Zealanders with the establishment of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand,
After two years of preparation a caring service for people with special needs in Rotorua, Saint Chads, is teaching its clients the Māori language, Māori customs and a Māori worldview during their everyday activities......
See full article HERE
Māori Health Authority: CEO planning for 'big transformation'
The Government has hailed the new Māori Health Authority, which came into existence today, as a game-changer.
But on the struggling frontline, no one is expecting change to happen quickly.
"Things I will be looking for: Māori rangatiratanga, so that's the Māori voice saying 'this is what we need, this is how we want our healthcare delivered to us, these are the things we want access to'. That's a really important part of it......
See full article HERE
John Tamihere: 'Māori Health Authority our constitutional right to access our resources'
Tamihere said he had nothing to say to the critics of New Zealand Health and the Māori Health Authority: “I don’t have to say anything to them, I have a constitutional right and entitlement to access my resources from the state coffers.”
“We are sick and tired of the white settler party, the Act party, and, if they don’t like it here, they should buy a one-way ticket to Australia.”
“The National Party and the Act Party are here by our consent, they are not here by conquest, and we want our resources in our own hands.”
"The separatism they are talking about is they are used to controlling all our money, spending it on our behalf, failing and then blaming us. Those days are over.....
See full article HERE
More than ever 'our voices will be heard' - Riana Manuel says as new health system begins
The ceremony at Waitangi, where the new names for the two governance groups were bestowed, Manuel says, shows how the new system will incorporate mātauranga and tikanga Māori in the forefront of their services.
"We intend to make sure this reform impacts on every part of Aotearoa......
See full article HERE
New era for healthcare in New Zealand from today
The Government has today delivered a nationwide health system it says will ensure better outcomes for all New Zealanders with the establishment of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand,
and
Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority......
See full article HERE
'Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People' launched
Over one million Kiwis living with a disability now officially have their own ministry.
The new ministry's been named Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People.....
See full article HERE
Stratford's $20m aquatic centre gifted bilingual name by local iwi
A Taranaki town known for its Shakespearean identity and naming ritual has let tradition slide after being gifted a title in te reo Māori for its $20-million new pool.
The swimming hub, which is set to be completed in coming months, will be known as Wai o Rua – Stratford Aquatic Centre......
See full article HERE
Time to embrace bicultural media strategy
The co-chair of Māori language revitalisation body Te Mātāwai says the Māori media sector needs to embrace biculturalism rather than be solely fixated on te reo Māori.
Bernie O’Donnell says the merger of Radio New Zealand and TVNZ will change the crown’s response to the language......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Don Brash: The serious challenges facing local government
The report on He Puapua by professor James Allan
Propaganda:
'Something had to change': Māori health providers welcome new authority
Ihumātao governance group formed but lacking consensus
Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority......
See full article HERE
'Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People' launched
Over one million Kiwis living with a disability now officially have their own ministry.
The new ministry's been named Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People.....
See full article HERE
Stratford's $20m aquatic centre gifted bilingual name by local iwi
A Taranaki town known for its Shakespearean identity and naming ritual has let tradition slide after being gifted a title in te reo Māori for its $20-million new pool.
The swimming hub, which is set to be completed in coming months, will be known as Wai o Rua – Stratford Aquatic Centre......
See full article HERE
Time to embrace bicultural media strategy
The co-chair of Māori language revitalisation body Te Mātāwai says the Māori media sector needs to embrace biculturalism rather than be solely fixated on te reo Māori.
Bernie O’Donnell says the merger of Radio New Zealand and TVNZ will change the crown’s response to the language......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Don Brash: The serious challenges facing local government
The report on He Puapua by professor James Allan
Propaganda:
'Something had to change': Māori health providers welcome new authority
Ihumātao governance group formed but lacking consensus
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Friday July 1, 2022
News:
New Advisory Group Provides Enduring Māori Expertise For Te Aorerekura Delivery
The Government has taken another step forward in its work to eliminate family violence and sexual violence with the announcement today of a new Tangata Whenua Ministerial Advisory Group.
A team of 11 experts in whānau Māori wellbeing will provide the Government independent advice on shaping family violence and sexual violence systems and responses that uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
A team of 11 experts in whānau Māori wellbeing will provide the Government independent advice on shaping family violence and sexual violence systems and responses that uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
“Māori aspirations and expertise must be at the forefront of the work we are doing to ensure Aotearoa is a place where everyone can live a life free of family violence and sexual violence......
See full article HERE
Matauranga Māori input to Tauranga Council HQ
Tauranga City Council and developer Willis Bond are working with mana whenua to ensure the council’s new headquarters incorporate matauranga Māori principles.....
See full article HERE
Independent Māori Health Authority to work alongside Health New Zealand
"Although we've got the Māori Health Authority and we have Health New Zealand, they are essentially two waka, they're part of a fleet including housing, including education, including our iwi, our hapū.
"Let's fix hospitals, let's make sure primary health is better, let's make sure our people have better access to screening, diagnostics, etc, but we also have to push hard on te reo, that we get whakapapa sorted out for all our people."
Manuel said the MHA would ensure "reo is a focus, mātauranga is a focus, rongoā is a focus, that we reclaim our atua stories, our pūrākau [mythology traditions] and we use these as methods of healing for our people in the same way we do Panadol, chemotherapy and so on".......
See full article HERE
Call for specialist Māori units in councils to ease way for building on ancestral lands
A Waikato iwi is weighing into the debate on the harsh reality for Māori building on ancestral whenua.
Tainui ki Whāingaroa suggests additional funding streams and councils with dedicated Māori units to facilitate issues around whenua freehold land are ways to alleviate the pressures from an "unfair system".....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Pukekohe art project aims to change story of town's racist history
Matauranga Māori input to Tauranga Council HQ
Tauranga City Council and developer Willis Bond are working with mana whenua to ensure the council’s new headquarters incorporate matauranga Māori principles.....
See full article HERE
Independent Māori Health Authority to work alongside Health New Zealand
"Although we've got the Māori Health Authority and we have Health New Zealand, they are essentially two waka, they're part of a fleet including housing, including education, including our iwi, our hapū.
"Let's fix hospitals, let's make sure primary health is better, let's make sure our people have better access to screening, diagnostics, etc, but we also have to push hard on te reo, that we get whakapapa sorted out for all our people."
Manuel said the MHA would ensure "reo is a focus, mātauranga is a focus, rongoā is a focus, that we reclaim our atua stories, our pūrākau [mythology traditions] and we use these as methods of healing for our people in the same way we do Panadol, chemotherapy and so on".......
See full article HERE
Call for specialist Māori units in councils to ease way for building on ancestral lands
A Waikato iwi is weighing into the debate on the harsh reality for Māori building on ancestral whenua.
Tainui ki Whāingaroa suggests additional funding streams and councils with dedicated Māori units to facilitate issues around whenua freehold land are ways to alleviate the pressures from an "unfair system".....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Pukekohe art project aims to change story of town's racist history
Thursday June 30, 2022
News:
He Oranga Poutama Expanded Into Four New Regions
A long-standing physical activity programme that focuses on outcomes for Maori has been expanded to four new regions with Government investment almost doubled to increase its reach.
He Oranga Poutama is managed by a combination of hapū, iwi, hauora and regional providers.
He Oranga Poutama is managed by a combination of hapū, iwi, hauora and regional providers.
An increase in funding from $1.8 million to $3.4 million will go to the nine current providers, along with investment into two new regional providers:
“Its expansion from nine providers to 12 will broaden its reach into communities across Aotearoa and forms part of a $7 million Kaupapa Māori Response Plan focused on providing more culturally distinctive pathways to enable Māori to succeed in sport and recreation......
See full article HERE
Former MP Dover Samuels wins apology from ANZ over pōtae incident
A Northland kaumātua and former government minister has won a formal apology from New Zealand's biggest bank after he was refused entry to his local branch for wearing a hat.
The former MP said the bank made exceptions for ethnic and religious headwear, so in his view refusing entry to people wearing hats for other reasons was discrimination on racial or religious grounds.
The bank apologised at the time but followed that up last week with a written apology from ANZ's managing director of personal banking, Ben Belleher......
See full article HERE
Ōwairaka/Mt Albert tree fight goes full circle
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an application by Auckland's Tūpuna Maunga Authority to appeal against a decision blocking the immediate removal of 345 exotic trees from Ōwairaka (Mount Albert).
The Court of Appeal had previously ruled that, while the authority's management plan for the maunga did say it planned to remove mature exotic trees and replant with native species, it had not made it clear this would be done all at once. It found the authority needed to follow the consultation provision in the Reserves Act if it wanted to remove all the trees......
See full article HERE
Fifteen BOP Māori Leaders Appointed To Hold New Health Structure To Account
The health and wellbeing of Bay of Plenty Māori from Katikati in the west through to Pōtaka in the east will be watched over by Te Poari Hauora o Te Moana a Toi, the newly appointed Iwi Māori Partnership Board for the rohe.
With the restructure of Aotearoa’s health system and the launch next month of the Māori Health Authority (MHA), the IMPB will serve a pivotal role in role in transforming the health outcomes of whānau and upholding both the MHA and Health NZ to account.....
See full article HERE
Percentage play in Māori business definition
A cross sector working group has found not only whakapapa and self-identification but also the proportion of Māori ownership needs to be included in a definition of Māori business.
Stats NZ kaihautū Rhonda Paku says a clear and consistent Māori business definition will help ensure coherent data collection and reporting about Māori businesses and their contribution to the economy.
Many respondents felt a 50 percent Māori ownership threshold should also be included, along with some commitment to te ao Māori values......
See full article HERE
Wrong time for Māori Health Authority says Reti
National Party health spokesperson Shane Reti says the shift to a new health structure will do nothing for a system in crisis.
“They’re working under really trying conditions. They’re exhausted, There’s not enough of them. They don’t feel they have a minister who supports them. Then when we look across the reports we are getting, long ED waiting times, more than 36,000 people waiting more than four months to see a specialist, this is all a system in crisis and a system that is slowly breaking,” he says.
Dr Reti also questions the wisdom of making the move in the middle of a pandemic.....
See full article HERE
Māori, Pasifika describe racist encounters in health sector as DHB set to disappear
The Hawke's Bay District Health Board has been called racist following an internal review into how it treats Māori and Pasifika patients......
See full article HERE
Māori police graduates breaking records
Police focus in recent years to recruit more wāhine Māori is bearing fruit with Thursday’s graduation of Wing 355.
The wing has the highest proportion ever of Māori in a wing, with wāhine Māori recruits strongly represented. Of the Wing’s 71 graduates, 42.3 percent are Māori, including 23 wāhine Māori. Just five years ago Police’s entire annual intake of wāhine Māori was 22, now we’ve managed to surpass that in one wing.....
See full article HERE
Vape company apologises to Māori for Matariki promotion
A major international vaping corporation has apologised to Māori for promoting its product as a way of celebrating Matariki, following criticism from a Māori health advocate.
Relx International offered free engraving of New Zealand motifs – including a ponga (silver fern) leaf – on devices purchased during a Matariki-themed sale.
The apology follows criticism from Hāpai Te Hauora chief executive Selah Hart, who said encouraging vaping was not in line with the kaupapa of the Māori new year celebration......
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Franklin: “Stand for Equal Rights”
Simeon Brown - MP: ‘Labour is attempting to devalue your vote’
Propaganda:
Connections with iwi vital for Aotearoa New Zealand histories to be rolled out successfully
“Its expansion from nine providers to 12 will broaden its reach into communities across Aotearoa and forms part of a $7 million Kaupapa Māori Response Plan focused on providing more culturally distinctive pathways to enable Māori to succeed in sport and recreation......
See full article HERE
Former MP Dover Samuels wins apology from ANZ over pōtae incident
A Northland kaumātua and former government minister has won a formal apology from New Zealand's biggest bank after he was refused entry to his local branch for wearing a hat.
The former MP said the bank made exceptions for ethnic and religious headwear, so in his view refusing entry to people wearing hats for other reasons was discrimination on racial or religious grounds.
The bank apologised at the time but followed that up last week with a written apology from ANZ's managing director of personal banking, Ben Belleher......
See full article HERE
Ōwairaka/Mt Albert tree fight goes full circle
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an application by Auckland's Tūpuna Maunga Authority to appeal against a decision blocking the immediate removal of 345 exotic trees from Ōwairaka (Mount Albert).
The Court of Appeal had previously ruled that, while the authority's management plan for the maunga did say it planned to remove mature exotic trees and replant with native species, it had not made it clear this would be done all at once. It found the authority needed to follow the consultation provision in the Reserves Act if it wanted to remove all the trees......
See full article HERE
Fifteen BOP Māori Leaders Appointed To Hold New Health Structure To Account
The health and wellbeing of Bay of Plenty Māori from Katikati in the west through to Pōtaka in the east will be watched over by Te Poari Hauora o Te Moana a Toi, the newly appointed Iwi Māori Partnership Board for the rohe.
With the restructure of Aotearoa’s health system and the launch next month of the Māori Health Authority (MHA), the IMPB will serve a pivotal role in role in transforming the health outcomes of whānau and upholding both the MHA and Health NZ to account.....
See full article HERE
Percentage play in Māori business definition
A cross sector working group has found not only whakapapa and self-identification but also the proportion of Māori ownership needs to be included in a definition of Māori business.
Stats NZ kaihautū Rhonda Paku says a clear and consistent Māori business definition will help ensure coherent data collection and reporting about Māori businesses and their contribution to the economy.
Many respondents felt a 50 percent Māori ownership threshold should also be included, along with some commitment to te ao Māori values......
See full article HERE
Wrong time for Māori Health Authority says Reti
National Party health spokesperson Shane Reti says the shift to a new health structure will do nothing for a system in crisis.
“They’re working under really trying conditions. They’re exhausted, There’s not enough of them. They don’t feel they have a minister who supports them. Then when we look across the reports we are getting, long ED waiting times, more than 36,000 people waiting more than four months to see a specialist, this is all a system in crisis and a system that is slowly breaking,” he says.
Dr Reti also questions the wisdom of making the move in the middle of a pandemic.....
See full article HERE
Māori, Pasifika describe racist encounters in health sector as DHB set to disappear
The Hawke's Bay District Health Board has been called racist following an internal review into how it treats Māori and Pasifika patients......
See full article HERE
Māori police graduates breaking records
Police focus in recent years to recruit more wāhine Māori is bearing fruit with Thursday’s graduation of Wing 355.
The wing has the highest proportion ever of Māori in a wing, with wāhine Māori recruits strongly represented. Of the Wing’s 71 graduates, 42.3 percent are Māori, including 23 wāhine Māori. Just five years ago Police’s entire annual intake of wāhine Māori was 22, now we’ve managed to surpass that in one wing.....
See full article HERE
Vape company apologises to Māori for Matariki promotion
A major international vaping corporation has apologised to Māori for promoting its product as a way of celebrating Matariki, following criticism from a Māori health advocate.
Relx International offered free engraving of New Zealand motifs – including a ponga (silver fern) leaf – on devices purchased during a Matariki-themed sale.
The apology follows criticism from Hāpai Te Hauora chief executive Selah Hart, who said encouraging vaping was not in line with the kaupapa of the Māori new year celebration......
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Franklin: “Stand for Equal Rights”
Simeon Brown - MP: ‘Labour is attempting to devalue your vote’
Propaganda:
Connections with iwi vital for Aotearoa New Zealand histories to be rolled out successfully
Wednesday June 29, 2022
News:
Maori flag to fly at polytech
Following a year of campaigning, Otago Polytechnic students have been given permission to fly the tino rangatiratanga flag above their Dunedin campus.
Otago Polytechnic had flown the Maori flag in the past, but not as a permanent fixture.
Otago Polytechnic had flown the Maori flag in the past, but not as a permanent fixture.
There was no set date for when the flag would become a permanent fixture at the polytechnic, but Mr Tamati hoped the date would be set after the mid-year break, which ends on July 18.....
See full article HERE
Papakura High School faces accusations of racism and bullying after multiple Māori teachers leave, calls for principal and board to go
Papakura High School is facing accusations of racism and bullying tactics after three teachers from the Māori unit resigned after another teacher in the school's Māori immersion stream was let go.
There are three different petitions calling for the principal and the Board of Trustees to go.
The petitions accuse school management of silencing the Māori teachers and not engaging with them.....
See full article HERE
Hamilton City council says te reo Māori names for new parks reflect cultural significance of the whenua
Hamilton City Council's Community Committee has approved te reo Māori names for new parks in Rototuna and Rotokauri as part of the council's commitment that 'te reo Māori is seen, heard and celebrated throughout the city'.
The council says te reo Māori names chosen for a new pocket park and a future sports park reflect the rich history and cultural significance of the whenua (land).....
See full article HERE
Council backs new wahi tapu listing for site in Waikanae
The Waikanae Land Company in its submission to council contends the site is not an urupa based on its own research and should be used for its historic residential-zoned purpose, and disputed aspects of the tribunal's report.
Councillors have supported staff assessment that the tribunal report is robust enough evidence to schedule Karewarewa as a qualifying matter in the draft Plan Change 2 and further noted council's relevant obligations under the RMA to recognise Māori relationship to their wahi tapu.....
See full article HERE
Fund Available To Celebrate Māori Culture In Tauranga Moana
Following a magic month of Matariki celebrations in Tauranga Moana the Kaupapa Māori Legacy Event Fund will reopen this Friday, 1 July.
The Kaupapa Māori Legacy Event Fund provides support to recurring events that celebrate tangata whenua, promote tikanga Māori, and raise awareness of historical and culturally significant events in Tauranga Moana.....
To be eligible for funding one of the key criteria is the event must be driven or partnered with iwi and/or hapū of Tauranga Moana.
The fund amount is $90,000 and will be allocated in rounds with a maximum grant amount of $15,000.....
See full article HERE
Buller Hospital rebuild named Te Rau Kawakawa
The replacement for the current Buller Hospital has officially been retitled after the West Coast District Health Board (DHB) approved the gift of a name from local iwi.
The new Buller health facility will be formally known as Te Rau Kawakawa.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Denis Hall: Renaming New Zealand's modern cities
Dr Hylton Le Grice: I am simply a New Zealand citizen
Graham Adams: More on the Mahuta mess
Propaganda:
Lianne Dalziel: Knowing our past is the key to our future
Papakura High School faces accusations of racism and bullying after multiple Māori teachers leave, calls for principal and board to go
Papakura High School is facing accusations of racism and bullying tactics after three teachers from the Māori unit resigned after another teacher in the school's Māori immersion stream was let go.
There are three different petitions calling for the principal and the Board of Trustees to go.
The petitions accuse school management of silencing the Māori teachers and not engaging with them.....
See full article HERE
Hamilton City council says te reo Māori names for new parks reflect cultural significance of the whenua
Hamilton City Council's Community Committee has approved te reo Māori names for new parks in Rototuna and Rotokauri as part of the council's commitment that 'te reo Māori is seen, heard and celebrated throughout the city'.
The council says te reo Māori names chosen for a new pocket park and a future sports park reflect the rich history and cultural significance of the whenua (land).....
See full article HERE
Council backs new wahi tapu listing for site in Waikanae
The Waikanae Land Company in its submission to council contends the site is not an urupa based on its own research and should be used for its historic residential-zoned purpose, and disputed aspects of the tribunal's report.
Councillors have supported staff assessment that the tribunal report is robust enough evidence to schedule Karewarewa as a qualifying matter in the draft Plan Change 2 and further noted council's relevant obligations under the RMA to recognise Māori relationship to their wahi tapu.....
See full article HERE
Fund Available To Celebrate Māori Culture In Tauranga Moana
Following a magic month of Matariki celebrations in Tauranga Moana the Kaupapa Māori Legacy Event Fund will reopen this Friday, 1 July.
The Kaupapa Māori Legacy Event Fund provides support to recurring events that celebrate tangata whenua, promote tikanga Māori, and raise awareness of historical and culturally significant events in Tauranga Moana.....
To be eligible for funding one of the key criteria is the event must be driven or partnered with iwi and/or hapū of Tauranga Moana.
The fund amount is $90,000 and will be allocated in rounds with a maximum grant amount of $15,000.....
See full article HERE
Buller Hospital rebuild named Te Rau Kawakawa
The replacement for the current Buller Hospital has officially been retitled after the West Coast District Health Board (DHB) approved the gift of a name from local iwi.
The new Buller health facility will be formally known as Te Rau Kawakawa.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Denis Hall: Renaming New Zealand's modern cities
Dr Hylton Le Grice: I am simply a New Zealand citizen
Graham Adams: More on the Mahuta mess
Propaganda:
Lianne Dalziel: Knowing our past is the key to our future
Tuesday June 28, 2022
News:
How Kiwibuild failed Māori and Pasifika
New statistics have revealed the failure of KiwiBuild to increase home ownership rates for Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders.
Figures released to Q+A with Jack Tame under the Official Information Act show just 4.8% of KiwiBuild buyers who gave their ethnicity on their application forms are Māori, and 4.4% are Pasifika.
Figures released to Q+A with Jack Tame under the Official Information Act show just 4.8% of KiwiBuild buyers who gave their ethnicity on their application forms are Māori, and 4.4% are Pasifika.
These figures are well below the ethnicity breakdown of the general population, which is 16.5% Māori, and 8% Pasifika......
See full article HERE
Make housing developments more culturally friendly - architect
A leading Māori architect says new housing developments need to more culturally appropriate and designed with Māori and Pasifika families in mind.
However, he says the focus on multi-level terrace house developments has meant many houses don’t cater for whānau with disabled members, or allow for inter-generational living.
“We've had not only that style of house dictated to us, but we've had the planning dictated to us from standard plan books. And that was from the very early Māori Affairs houses right through to our medium density terraced housing that's proliferating in Māngere and Mt Roskill and other parts of the country today," said Hoskins.....
See full article HERE
Tangata Whenua Social Workers Association
In its International Policy on Indigenous Peoples, the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), supports the principles of the ‘United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ by stating that “Indigenous social workers should take the lead in development initiatives and services for indigenous peoples”.
Rangatiratanga has always been the aspiration of New Zealand’s indigenous social workers.....
See full article HERE
Reopening puts Parliament grounds in indigenous space
Ngira Simmonds, the Kiingitanga chief of staff, says he appreciated the comments from Speaker Trevor Mallard about indigenising the space.
“One of the unique aspects of Aotearoa is our Māori culture and some of the values of that culture are about embracing, about aroha, about manaakitanga. The Kiingitanga would always support Te Atiawa in that pursuit of reflecting our culture and heritage in what we see in this space,” Mr Simmonds says.....
See full article HERE
Iwi confirm ownership of soon-to-be demolished building
As the property was previously landbanked, LINZ had been responsible for managing it.
Under its 2014 Te Tiriti o Waitangi settlement, the iwi took up the option to buy Education House, as part of its commercial redress.
A property search by Stuff found the title was transferred on June 23 this year.....
See full article HERE
Foon fine with first Matariki
“It is an acknowledgement of the value of Māori concepts and Māori values and Māori whakapapa, the histories and the stories that go because Matariki in terms of Māoridom is a guide for the coming year,” Mr Foon says.....
See full article HERE
Tukaki appointed director of the Suicide Prevention Office
He says the work on suicide prevention will take everyone, "irrespective of our colour or creed, our postcodes, or where we call home," to make a difference.
It does so by supporting Māori leadership.....
See full article HERE
'Act of the coloniser': Iwi dissatisified with Xero co-founder's engagement on golf course plan
A Horowhenua iwi says engagement with a company wishing to build a golf course upon wāhi tapu has been tokenistic, while some of the company’s actions involve acts of colonisation......
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Revolution Within – Dr Muriel Newman.
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Anthony Willy
Michael Bassett: Jacinda’s government, mainstream media and public interest journalism
Propaganda:
Selling a racist paradise
Top judge challenges public servants to wake up to 'historical amnesia'
Science and business are being woven into traditional Māori healing
Make housing developments more culturally friendly - architect
A leading Māori architect says new housing developments need to more culturally appropriate and designed with Māori and Pasifika families in mind.
However, he says the focus on multi-level terrace house developments has meant many houses don’t cater for whānau with disabled members, or allow for inter-generational living.
“We've had not only that style of house dictated to us, but we've had the planning dictated to us from standard plan books. And that was from the very early Māori Affairs houses right through to our medium density terraced housing that's proliferating in Māngere and Mt Roskill and other parts of the country today," said Hoskins.....
See full article HERE
Tangata Whenua Social Workers Association
In its International Policy on Indigenous Peoples, the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), supports the principles of the ‘United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ by stating that “Indigenous social workers should take the lead in development initiatives and services for indigenous peoples”.
Rangatiratanga has always been the aspiration of New Zealand’s indigenous social workers.....
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Reopening puts Parliament grounds in indigenous space
Ngira Simmonds, the Kiingitanga chief of staff, says he appreciated the comments from Speaker Trevor Mallard about indigenising the space.
“One of the unique aspects of Aotearoa is our Māori culture and some of the values of that culture are about embracing, about aroha, about manaakitanga. The Kiingitanga would always support Te Atiawa in that pursuit of reflecting our culture and heritage in what we see in this space,” Mr Simmonds says.....
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Iwi confirm ownership of soon-to-be demolished building
As the property was previously landbanked, LINZ had been responsible for managing it.
Under its 2014 Te Tiriti o Waitangi settlement, the iwi took up the option to buy Education House, as part of its commercial redress.
A property search by Stuff found the title was transferred on June 23 this year.....
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Foon fine with first Matariki
“It is an acknowledgement of the value of Māori concepts and Māori values and Māori whakapapa, the histories and the stories that go because Matariki in terms of Māoridom is a guide for the coming year,” Mr Foon says.....
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Tukaki appointed director of the Suicide Prevention Office
He says the work on suicide prevention will take everyone, "irrespective of our colour or creed, our postcodes, or where we call home," to make a difference.
It does so by supporting Māori leadership.....
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'Act of the coloniser': Iwi dissatisified with Xero co-founder's engagement on golf course plan
A Horowhenua iwi says engagement with a company wishing to build a golf course upon wāhi tapu has been tokenistic, while some of the company’s actions involve acts of colonisation......
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Articles:
The Revolution Within – Dr Muriel Newman.
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Anthony Willy
Michael Bassett: Jacinda’s government, mainstream media and public interest journalism
Propaganda:
Selling a racist paradise
Top judge challenges public servants to wake up to 'historical amnesia'
Science and business are being woven into traditional Māori healing
Sunday June 26, 2022
News:
Pou unveiled to mark significance of Takapūneke near Akaroa
A pou has been unveiled at dawn on the Banks Peninsula this morning to mark a new phase for a historically significant site.
"The opening of the first stage of Takapūneke Reserve and the blessing of Pou Tū te Raki o Te Maiharanui is significant and represents an expression of our relationship to this whenua."
It had also been a trading site between Māori and European settlers, and marked the first British intervention of Māori warfare with a massacre in the 1830s......
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Costs Of Matariki Advisory Group
The Government appointed a seven-member Matariki Advisory Group to provide advice on the ideal dates to mark Matariki and appropriate ways of celebrating the holiday.
Members were paid $780-$1035 per day for advisory services.
All up, $220,000 was paid to members in fees and reimbursements for travel expenses. Of that, $131,305 went to the Chair, Dr Rangi Mātāmua, for 123 days of advisory services......
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Government injects $15 million from tourism fund into future Matariki projects
The Government has decided to back the revitalisation of these traditions by injecting $15 million from the tourism fund in support of Matariki projects to further Māoridom and their efforts.
See full article HERE
Strong Māori influence critical for new women's basketball league, Tauihi
Having Māori themed names for all five teams was a “no brainer” for the ground-breaking women’s national basketball league.
The revamped competition will achieve a first for top-level New Zealand sport when it tips off on Wednesday with every team adopting a te reo Māori element in their name.
Basketball New Zealand’s new competition has been dubbed Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa with Tauihi meaning “to soar”.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Ross Meurant: Māori myth is not science
"The opening of the first stage of Takapūneke Reserve and the blessing of Pou Tū te Raki o Te Maiharanui is significant and represents an expression of our relationship to this whenua."
The land is an urupā for Kāi Tarewa and Kāti Irakehu, who lost ancestors in a feud with Ngāti Toa.
It had also been a trading site between Māori and European settlers, and marked the first British intervention of Māori warfare with a massacre in the 1830s......
See full article HERE
Costs Of Matariki Advisory Group
The Government appointed a seven-member Matariki Advisory Group to provide advice on the ideal dates to mark Matariki and appropriate ways of celebrating the holiday.
Members were paid $780-$1035 per day for advisory services.
All up, $220,000 was paid to members in fees and reimbursements for travel expenses. Of that, $131,305 went to the Chair, Dr Rangi Mātāmua, for 123 days of advisory services......
See full article HERE
Government injects $15 million from tourism fund into future Matariki projects
The Government has decided to back the revitalisation of these traditions by injecting $15 million from the tourism fund in support of Matariki projects to further Māoridom and their efforts.
See full article HERE
Strong Māori influence critical for new women's basketball league, Tauihi
Having Māori themed names for all five teams was a “no brainer” for the ground-breaking women’s national basketball league.
The revamped competition will achieve a first for top-level New Zealand sport when it tips off on Wednesday with every team adopting a te reo Māori element in their name.
Basketball New Zealand’s new competition has been dubbed Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa with Tauihi meaning “to soar”.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Ross Meurant: Māori myth is not science
Point of Order: It’s Matariki (if you hadn’t noticed) but we are being urged to celebrate the occasion and not try to commercialise it
Propaganda:
Matariki a chance for all New Zealanders to 'see our privilege and look after it'
Matariki holiday 'a gesture on the journey to healing' after a lifetime of disconnection
Propaganda:
Matariki a chance for all New Zealanders to 'see our privilege and look after it'
Matariki holiday 'a gesture on the journey to healing' after a lifetime of disconnection
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4 comments:
if flying a flag gets these students to attend college, pass with good grades, and land better jobs, i'd say 'go for it'.
however, we all know that this is mere virtue signalling with no tangible outcome :( whatever happened to 'evidence-based practices' - is that also considered 'colonisation'?
The way we are going the symbolism of the flag will likely prove very apt, although perhaps less so in Otago than less colonist shaped rohe elsewhere. Black surfing in on the back of white in a sea of red, whatever that might represent.
I am better informed by this column than by the daily newspaper.
On Mt Albert it is not only the exotic trees which are threatened but anything else with colonist connotations, including the trig station.
With maori with so many interconnected cousins and a brotherhood mentality it is going to be very difficult for the Police to carry out secret raids. And with half the Police and half the armed forces maori the civil war will be messy.
Tamihere advocates that maori should decide how to spend their own money. If their resources were funded entirely from taxes of maori, maybe. But a huge chunk of it comes from the efforts of others, including me. A very disproportionate number of maori seem to be net takers not tax contributors. His theme that non mixed race colonists and descendants are here by consent echoes the late infamous Atareta Poananga who maintained we were all guests. Possiby she was a very rare or even unique pure blood. I wonder what Meng Foon thinks of Tamihere's statement.
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